Street-car indicator.



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PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904.

P. .T. MANN.

STREET GAR INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

No. 767,074. PATBNTED AUG. 9, 1904. P. J. MANN.

STREET CAR INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED mm 22, 1903.

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PETER J.

lylANN, OF PllTlTSBURt-i, PENNSYLVANIA.

STREET GAF! INDIOATQW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,074, dated August 9, 1904.

Application filed July 22, 1908. Serial No. 166,560. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER J. MANN, a ci tizcn of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania.have invented a new and useful Improvement in Street-Car Indicators, of which improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in street-car indicators, and relates more particularly to a device which is operated by the motorman, conductor, or other attendant.

' The object of this invention is to provide an indicator which will be extremely simple in construction and in which the matter on the displaysurface may be readily changed.

A further object of this invention to provide a device which may be readily operated from any desired point and wherein the direction of movement of the display-surface may be readily changed.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described. and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l is a sectional view of the upper portion of a car, showingthe indicator therein and the operatingcords for said indicator. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the indicator. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of .the indicator. Fig. 4: is a cross-section thereof. Fig. 5 is an end elevatlon 01 the indlcator. Fig.

6 is a detail perspective view of vertical slide 24 in its relation to the casing, the latter being fragmentary.

Referring to the drawings, the referencenumeral 1 indicates the indicator-casing, which is suitably secured at any desired point Within the car, although it is preferably secured at a central point, as indicated in Fig. 1, as in this position it is visible from every point on the car.

The cords 2 2 are connected with an operating-lever 3, which is connected with the actuating mechanism, the said lever and other mechanism being mounted on the removable end 4. of the casing. The cords 2 52 lead to any suitable point on the platforms, whereby the indicator may be easily actuated when the car passes the ditt'erent storming-points.

A display-surface 5, upon which the stop ping-points are marked in duplicate, has its two ends secured to suitable spools 6 7, these spools revolving on spindles 8, secured to the end 1 of the casing, the other end of the said spindles 8 resting in apertures 9, formed in the end 10 of the casing 1.

The belt 5, forming the display-surface, passes down over the idler leedroll 11, over the rollers 152 14, around the roll 15, over rolls 16 17, and past the idler feed-roll 11 to the spool 7.

A slide 18 is adjustably secured to the end 4: by the thumb-nut 19. and carried on this slide are the feed-rolls 2O 20, one of which is adapted to contact with its correspond ing idler teed-roll at a time. Ratchet-wheels .21 521' are secured to the rolls 2O 21), and levers 22 22, which are fulcrumed at the axis of the rolls 2O 20, carry the actuating-pawls 23 23, which actuate the ratchets 21 21. The free ends of these levers 22 252 are slotted, a pin 24, passing through said slots, connecting them with a vertical slide 24, which has its movement constrained to a purely vertical one, being mounted in a grooved guide-block 2r, secured to casing 1. This vertical slide 524 is actuated by one of two arms 25 25, pivoted together at their upper ends and each slotted at its lower end a horizontal arm 26, connected to lever 8, carrying pins at its end engaging in said slotted ends of arms 25 25. The clapper of a bell 27 is also connected with lever'Z-B in such a manner that the bell will ring when the said lever is actuated.

The spools 6 7 have friction-wheels 28 28 secured to them near their outer ends, and one of the friction-wheels 29 29, which are secured to the rolls 20 20', is adapted to contact with one of the wheels 28 for the purpose of winding up the belt 5 when it has been fed through the rolls 1'1 20 or 11 .20.

The lower portion 30 of the casing is contracted and has the apertures 31 and 31 pro vided therein for the purpose of exposing the name of the stopping-point next to be reached.

The operation of the device, as is shown by reference to the drawings,is: First the thumbscrew 19 is so positioned and secured that one set of the rolls 11 20 or 11 20 are in contact and one set of the friction-wheels 28 29 would also bein contact. Thus when the lever 3 is actuated by pulling one of the cords2 2 the horizontal arm 26 will be rocked, thus elevating one of the arms 25, which in turn'will revolve the rolls through the machine of the ratchet 21 and pawls 23. Thus the belt 5 will be fed between whichever set of rolls 11 20 or 11 20' are in contact, and the frictionwheel 28 contacting with the friction-wheel 29 will wind the said belt on the spool. This operation also ringing the bell will attract attention to the change which has been made in the indicator.

It will be obvious that the belt could be readily changed in the machine and that all parts of the entire device could be readily reached for adjustment or repair.

Vhile I have herein described my invention in detail, it will be noted that various slight changes may be made in, the arrangement and construction of parts without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the type set forth consisting of a casing with spools rotatably mounted on the ends thereof, with a belt carried by the spools and idler feed-rolls mounted in the casing for engagement with said belt, a slide secured to one end of the casing with feed-rolls carried 'on the slide, levers secured to the axes of the slide feed-rolls, actuating-pawls carried by the levers, ratchet-wheels secured to the slide feed-rolls for engagement with said pawls, the free ends of the levers being movably connected. together, a vertical slide connected to said free ends of the levers, arms for actuating said vertical slide, a horizontal arm movably connected to said arms and means for rocking said horizontal arm.

2. A device of the type set forth consisting of a casing having spools mounted therein with a belt on said spools, a slide beneath the spools, with feed-rolls carried by said slide, a vertical slide, means carried by the vertical slide whereby on the upward actuation thereof said rolls will be revolved, a pair of arms mounted beneath said vertical slide and adapted to actuate the same, a horizontal arm movably connected to said arms, with means for rocking the arm.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER J. MANN. In presence of- F. O. HENZI,

L. BOULTON. 

